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The Times HeraldTue, 03 Mar 2015 19:54:40 -050060CLEARWATER, Fla. >> Newly trim, Ryan Howard singled in his first two at-bats of spring training and then broke his silence.

He had not spoken with media since arriving for his 15th season with the Philadelphia Phillies. Following the offseason trade of Jimmy Rollins and talk of possible deals involving Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon, Howard knows there are questions about what his future as a 35-year-old on a rebuilding team.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:54:12 -05002015-03-03T19:54:12-05:002015-03-03T19:54:12-05:00COURTHOUSE >> When a Main Line mother of two ran a stop sign, allegedly while driving drunk, her vehicle collided with a flower delivery van with "substantial force," killing the driver of the van, an investigator has told a jury.

"We are looking at substantial force, to flip and roll the van," Lower Merion police Officer Michael Sullivan testified Tuesday as the vehicular homicide trial for Meredith Williams-Earle got under way in Montgomery County Court.

Before the General Assembly Tuesday morning, Wolf gave his first budget address, which boiled down to three themes: schools that teach, jobs that pay and government that works.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:40:53 -05002015-03-03T18:40:53-05:002015-03-03T18:40:53-05:00COURTHOUSE >> A Lansdale man who was supposed to go to trial on Tuesday for holding up a Lansdale thrift shop at knife point in October 2013 pleaded guilty and was sentenced to county jail.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:29:54 -05002015-03-03T17:29:54-05:002015-03-03T17:29:54-05:00Eagles practices won't exhaust Cary Williams any more.

The Eagles on Tuesday cut the 30-year-old veteran cornerback coming off a season that was just OK by his standards. It was also a year in which Williams complained that the lightning-fast pace of Eagles training drained himself and his teammates before games.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:14:22 -05002015-03-03T17:14:22-05:002015-03-03T17:14:22-05:00The potential for wintry weather Tuesday afternoon and evening has caused some local school districts to cancel meetings and activities. Here is a list of what we know so far:

NORRISTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

A message on the school district's website says that due to weather conditions, all after school programs, activities and sports team meetings are canceled.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:53:49 -05002015-03-03T13:53:49-05:002015-03-03T13:53:49-05:00COURTHOUSE >> Arguing a Lower Pottsgrove woman is a danger to the community after she allegedly torched and destroyed the home of her neighbor, a Limerick detective, prosecutors are fighting her request for reduced bail.

"It's clear this type of crime is scary for the community and for law enforcement.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:59:37 -05002015-03-03T11:59:37-05:002015-03-03T11:59:37-05:00AMBLER >> How does one go from discussing "lumpy" turtle feet, to lizards that walk on water, to the surprisingly complex origins of the Batman comic book series, all in the span of 20 minutes? Stop by an elementary school on Read Across America Day and you'll find out.

That's what Ambler Mayor Jeanne Sorg did.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:57:28 -05002015-03-03T10:57:28-05:002015-03-03T10:57:28-05:00State Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Monday announced the top five ways con artists scammed Pennsylvanians in 2014, just in time for National Consumer Protection Week, which runs through Saturday,

The office's Bureau of Consumer Protection received more than 124,000 consumer-related inquiries throughout the year, which is 14,000 more than it did the year before, according to Carolyn Myers, the assistant press secretary.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:50:19 -05002015-03-03T10:50:19-05:002015-03-03T10:50:19-05:00LOWER GWYNEDD >> She may be moving on, but she's not ready to say farewell all together.

"(Education is) a passion of mine, and I can't imagine you just put that on the shelf after all these years," Judith Clark said.

Even as she was in the process of packing up boxes and emptying the bookshelves in her office on her last day as superintendent, Clark already had plans for continuing her studies on the topic of education.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:47:10 -05002015-03-03T10:47:10-05:002015-03-03T10:47:10-05:00UPPER MORELAND >> A five-alarm fire at a sheet metal fabricating facility in Upper Moreland raged for more than two hours tonight, Monday, before it was declared under control.

Willow Grove Fire Company Chief Brian Focht said at an 8 p.m. press briefing March 2 that the fire at the Trico Metal Products building at 2300 Wyandotte Road in the Willow Grove section of the township, dispatched at 5:20 p.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:44:33 -05002015-03-03T10:44:33-05:002015-03-03T10:44:33-05:00HAMILTON, N.J. >> Immediately after she gets off the bus, Shamilla Wheeler appears in the cop car's headlights as she crosses the street.

The officer seems to have a second or two to react to Wheeler, who was wearing dark clothing, as she comes into his vision.

In the next instant -- from the police car's rear camera -- you see Wheeler parallel to the ground before she crashes to the pavement, her belongings scattering everywhere.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:41:08 -05002015-03-03T10:41:08-05:002015-03-03T10:41:08-05:00HATFIELD TWP. >> An alleged serial toothbrush thief in the North Penn area and beyond has been arrested by Hatfield Township police.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:38:28 -05002015-03-03T10:38:28-05:002015-03-03T10:38:28-05:00If you are breathing a sigh of relief that the start of meteorological spring is upon us, you should hold that breath just a bit longer.

While the start of March signals the three-month spring (March, April and May) determined by meteorologists, it began with an ice storm that made for tricky driving and even trickier walking.

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:36:18 -05002015-03-03T10:36:18-05:002015-03-03T10:36:18-05:00OXFORD >> State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19th, of West Whiteland was largely "preaching to the choir" at the Oxford Senior Center on Thursday when he described his efforts to eliminate property taxes.

During a luncheon visit to honor members who had reached their 90th birthday, Dinniman said there are 26 Pennsylvania state senators who have signed on to end property taxes.